Super-sub Sasa Kalajdzic nets late Wolves winner at struggling Everton

Everton 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Toffees dominated this Premier League match but remain goalless and pointless so far this season

Carl Markham
Saturday 26 August 2023 17:13 BST
Sasa Kalajdzic (left) netted a late winner for Wolves at Goodison Park (Peter Byrne/PA)
Sasa Kalajdzic (left) netted a late winner for Wolves at Goodison Park (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

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Wolves substitute Sasa Kalajdzic scored a late winner two minutes after coming off the bench as Everton manager Sean Dyche’s decision to turn to some new faces produced a depressingly-familiar outcome.

The Toffees dominated this Premier League match – having 15 shots – but remain goalless and pointless in the 270 minutes they have played so far this season as the visitors scored with their only effort on target in the 87th minute.

Fans streaming out of Goodison had seen it all before as recently as a fortnight ago when a similar performance against Fulham also saw them lose 1-0 as they endured their worst start to a season since 1990-91.

But the supporters in old gold did not care as they headed back down the M6 celebrating their first win of the campaign – secured by a player making only his third appearance after rupturing his ACL in his first match last season – and their third in succession at Goodison Park for the first time.

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